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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-06-27, Page 1E NEW ERA 1214t YEAR — No, 26 McKinley re-elected THE 0,1N7'P19,. _WW;$,REWRP, THURSDAY, JUNE 27 ( 17,111E1711MONI.kFcQRP. 47th YoAr, M/461..E. COPIES 12c 1968. I 'Honour retiring pr ncippl The staff of AIM Hugh Campbell public school, CFB Clinton, honored their retiring principal, C. A. Trott at a special dinner at the Maitland Country club last week., Mr. Trott, shown above with his wife,, Muriel, was presented with a portable television set by Mrs. Harold Nicholson. His wife received a bouquet of roses presented by Mrs. Lloyd Etue of Goderich. Guests present to honor Mr. Trott, who has taught for 35 years, included Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Heard of Bayfield. Mr. Heard was the first board chairman during Mr. Trott's term of teaching. Other guests included Major S. A. Bukes, the present chairman, and Mr. and Mrs. D. Nesbitt, Ottawa, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Trott. Increase in cost of winter control on county roads M a it Edgar, Liberal • candidate for Huron collected 14,534 votes to Mr. Edgar's 10,747. New congratulates Robert McKinley following his Democratic Party candidate Shirley M. Weary victory in Tuesday's election. Mr. McKinley received 1,175 votes. Assessment building - $60,000 this year, balance in 69 How Huron voted Municipality Edgar (L) McKinley (PC) Weary (NDP) 11 • 51 (I 205 40 42 36 62 48 38 41 35 62 2.5 39 18 42 43 40 29 26 9 29 11„ 26 0 6 0 . I/ 1,I/5 Ailsa craig. Clinton Exeter Goderich Scaforth Winghani Ashfielcl 77p. Bidriulph Tp, Colborne Tp. Goderich Tp, Grey Tp. Bay IlOwich T0, I-IulIett .Tp. McGilliVray Tp., McKillop TO, Morris Tp, Stanley TO; Stephen TO, Thekerginith TO, Turnberry Tp, UsbOrne ,Tp,, WaWanesii Mast To, WOwanesh West Tp, Advance Poll Lucan Zurich Huron ,Park Ilcmal Bayfield BEttsaella Blyth Totals , 148 836 1,014 1,660 501 790 402 378 308 463 441 499 639 460 426 401 320 487 710 608 315 288 445 194 304 263 202 20 '296 169 284 298 14,534 94 719 1.351 85 5 547 61 221 844 199 312 315 373 510 322 3 18 01 3 272 225 402 621 240 230 208 223 264 162 183 35 178 90 141 146 10,747 Having toured the polls most of the day, Liberal his ballot is Mrs, George Wench; deputy* candidate Mail. Edgar took a minute off early returning officer. rrnesday evening to east his vote, Handing Min (Staff Ichoto)' Huron Remains Conservative The first column People are reminded that the nual rose show will be held is Friday at, the town hall. Ontario Provincial Police rn that warm weather means avily loaded cars towing alters, especially boat trailers, the highways. If you are ving after dark in such a car, n't forget the extra weight on e rear suspension can direct ur headlights at a higher angle, azzling approaching drivers. im your headlights wherever quired, Dazzled drivers are a al hazard. The Western Ontario Athletic ssociation is sponsoring a °aches Clinic at the Clinton ommunity Arena on July 7, om 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Various aspects of the game ill ,be covered with features on itching and catching, offensive nd defensive play, batting and elding. Instructional films will No be shown. The clinic is free and coaches, anagers, trainers, players, and ublic are invited o attend. A world-wide bank credit d system, The Financial Post ports, was given a major push rward last week with the e-up between the cards of four anadian banks and those of ree big banks abroad. The anadian banks announced their 1-purpose Chargex credit card ould be fully interchangeable ith cards issued by Bank of merica (U.S.), Barclays Bank ritain) and Sumitomo Bank apan). The Canadian group is also egotiating with six other major anks abroad. Canadians travelling abroad ill be able to use their cards th merchants and other groups articipating in the system. Immigration to Ontario otalled 116,850 persons in, 1967, nine per cent more than in the previous year and slightly over half the total for all Canada. The Ontario Industrial Review states that 447 Ontario employers recruited skilled or qualified personnel overseas through the Department of Trade and Development's immigration branch. School teachers comprised the largest Single occupational category, totalling 600. Nurses and other trained, hospital personnel were the next biggest group. The Canada Department of Agriculture supported 135 uni- versity operating and extra- mural research projects at a cost of $625,000 in 1967-68. Where, oh where has my little dog gone? A black arid tan female part collie entered into the life of Mrs. Hide Hiltz of Adastral Park a few weeks ago. Mrs. provided a temporary home for the animal, a stray, while she tried unsuccessfully to find its owners, or someone who would provide a good home. Receiving ho response from a newspaper ad, Mrs. Hiltz took the animal to Dr. M, W. Raithby, Goderich area veterinarian, to be destroyed. She had second thoughts after giving up the dog, arid decided she would like to keep it as a pet, But it was too late. Dr. kaithby, considering the animal a good farrn dog and too valuable to destroy,- had given it to Merida from the Toronto area, The dog managed to escape in Guelph on the trip to its new home. Now Mrs. Mitt has inserted an ad in the Guelph newspaper asking the finder to return the clog to 'her. Swimming against the Liberal tide which engulfed the rest of Canada Tnesday, voters in Huron riding re-elected Progressive Conservative Robert E. McKinley, with an increased majority over his Liberal opponent in the last two elections. Mr. McKinley polled 14,534 votes to carry the riding, compared with the 10,747 picked up by Grit Maitland Edgar. High school teacher Shirley. M. Weary, a last-minute by R. S. Atkey Financing of the new $100,000 Assessment Building for the County of Huron in Goderich, will be carried out over a two-year period with $60,000 being allocated this year, the balance payable in 1969, Huron County Council decided at its final sitting of the June Session in Goderich last week. • Two bylaws to this effect were presented to Council at the closing sitting. Bylaw number 42-68 was given three readings and passed to finance the additional accommodation. Bylaw number 43-68 authorizing erection of the additional was given two readings, the third reading being subject to approval of the Ontario Municipal Board, which must be obtained before proceeding with construction, If this approval is forthcoming, the architects, Snider, Huget and March, Waterloo, will prepare plans and call for' tenders. When tenders are received, Huron County Council will reconvene as required to approve acceptance of tenders for the new building. In any case, the architects have been instructed to have the new Assessment Building ready for occupancy not later than December 15, 1968, The new building will be two storeys high to accommodate the assessment department on the main floor, the second floor to be reserved as the heed arises. WEATHER - 1968 1967 lit 1.,9q 111 LOW June 18 70 39 73 55 19 68 49 73 56 20 60 39 15 56 21 66 39 75 56 '22 68 53 '72 69 23 76 48 17 50 24 75 60 77 ,58 Rain 1,12 ` Rain .00 entry, received 1,175 votes, for the New Democratic Fatty, just 104 less than Carl Hemingway took for the NDP in'1965. Despite a constant rain Tuesday, 83 per cent of Huron's eligible voters turned out at the polls according to Garnet Hicks, returning officer for Huron. The first poll to report in Clinton had Edgar and McKinley running neck and neck at 127 votes each, but the story began to alter immediately, with the P.C. incumbent making strong This plan would complete the first stage of an overall plan for future county accommodation. The new building will have overall dimensions of about 65 feet frontage by about 37 feet depth, thus providing about 2,500 square feet of space on CAS Miss Clare McGowan, local director of Huron County Child. ren's Aid Society, in her report to County Council Tuesday, dis• cussed the prevention and pro. tection part of the society's work and how it tried to keep families tog4her. "This is sometimes impose. sible. It is often thankless and frustrating, but sometime's joy ous and successful," she de- clared. Since January 1, the Society had to take 33 children Into care but had returned 20 child• ren to their own parents. She said that a complaint or request for service can come and steady gains to the last, esPecially in rural polls, The Huron Park polling station prodnced some interesting results. Of a total 61 votes cast, Edgar received 35 votes, McKinley 20 and Weary 6, almost a complete reverse of the overall pattern for the riding, Shortly after the announcement was made confirming his re-election, Mr. McKinley commented, "R appears the people have been satisfied with my performance each floor. It will be of cement block and brick construction, asbestos tile floor, suspended ceiling, forced warm air which can be used as cooled air in summer, built-up roof pitched. There will be ample parking space in the rear. Council from anyone interested' in the child and his family. These also- come at all hours of the day or night. They include all sorts of problems: marital trouble, desertion by a paxent or par• ents, drinking, immorality in the home, child abuse or ne- glect. So some people want to know how to obtain financial assist., ance, legal aid, visiting home- maker service, counselling, ad. vice, reseparation or divorce. Sometimes it is an unwed ex. pedant mother needing help, or a couple interested in ad- option or providing a foster home, the director said. over the past two ani .0 half years., "Pin only sorry that. the election .can only go one way, because Malt Edgar is a very fine fellow and has fought a dean fight in this election campaign," he added. Shortly after conceding the contest, Mr. Edgar remarked, "I would like to •offer my congratulations to Robert McKinley on his re-election, "I give my sincerest thanks to all those who worked for my campaign. We tried to put forth our hest efforts ... however, the faets tell the story," he said. He expressed disappointment at not being able to capture the majority ,of votes in his own town of Clinton, In the November, 1965 election, 1,294 votes separated the two candidates at the close of balloting. It was the second try at elected office for Mr, Edgar, 39, a teacher at South Huron Secondary School in Exeter, Mrs, Weary for the NDP was making her first bid. The re-elected member, who will sit with a much-reduced Conservative caucus in the House of Commons, operates a chick hatchery and is a director of the Huron-Perth division of the Ontario Egg and Fowl Marketing Board. He is a native of Zurich. Results at the Clinton polling stations were: poll 1 — Liberal 127, Conservative 127, NDP 11; poll 2 — Liberal 178, Conservative 174, NDP 9; poll 3 — Liberal 88, Conservative 120, NDP 8; poll 4 — Liberal 130, Conservative 173, NDP 13; poll 5 — Liberal '73, Conservative 93, NDP 5; poll 6 — Liberal 123, Conservative 149, NDP 5. Total -- Liberal 719, Conservative 836, NDP 51. Huron accepts Provincial offer by R. S. ATM( The County of Huron has reluctantly accepted the offer of the Province of Ontario "as apparently there will be no other choice," as recommended by the Property Committee at the June Session of Huron County Council in Goderich last week. Harry Worsell, deputy reeve of Goderich, chairman of the committee, stated that the recommendation was being made "although the committee is not entirely satisfied with the arrangements as far as the Registry Office is concerned," According to the committee report, the Province of Ontario proposes to rent accommodation in the Court House, and at the County Jail. As for the Registry Office, the Province intends to make an outright purchase of this accommodation over a period of ten years. Rental for Court House purposes would' amount to approximately $9,000 a year plus approximately 50 per cent of all maintenance costs. The Jail rental would be approximately $6,000 a year. The Registry Office purchase agreement would eventually bring the county $37,000 over a ten-year period, or $3,700 a year, and in addition, the Province would pay all maintenance costs relative thereto. The committee alto reported that there is every indication that changes Will be required in the boilers in the Court House, as apparently in order to obtain heat requirements for the third floor, the pressure is being increased over and above the maximum allowable, If a new boiler is needed, the Property Committee was authorized to instal it. The committee pointed out that Some maintenance work should be carried out in connection with the outside Walls Of the Court House. The mortar is deteriorating in a number of places and this could Cause a problem with water seeping in and feeezing. The work will be done over a four-year period, with a quarter of the building being done each year, A new incinerator has been Installed in the basement of the Court House froth Union Gas at $407. reports to by R. , Atkey Winter control on county roads cost Huron County tax. payers 15 percent more this year than last, James Hayter, Stephen, chairman of the County • Road committee, reported to council Tuesday. He stated that expenditures to tailed $122,000 for the past winter as against $106,000 for the same period of last year, or $2,000 in excess of the bud- geted figure. Increased cost was made up of two factors: snow and ice conditions, and increased rate of payment for rented mach• inery and the county's own lab= our force. County Engineer J, W, Brit. nell reported that work is pro- ceeding .according to schedule Mail service on July 1st Mail service for Clinton will be curtailed on July 1st as follows: • -- there will be no wicket service or rural route service; --the lock-bOx lobby will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; — street letter boxes will be cleared at 4:15 p.m.; —mail will be received and" dispatched at 6:40 p.m. despite the wet month of MaY, on all construction projects, in. eluding the bridge on the God. erich Township-Stanley bound- ary with two abutments poured and pre-stressed beams to be installed on the abutments July 15. Grading and granular base is proceeding on schedule on County Road.30 from Fordwich to Mayne Corners. Paving is well under way on County Road 27 from Lucknow southerly to County Road 20. Paving on the Hillsgreen section of County Road 31 is scheduled to start in late June or early July. Strong farm voice Over 100 farmers voted, in favour of a mass march on Ottawa with more drastic measures to follow if the farm policy presented by the National Farmers' Union does not receive satisfactory action by the newly elected Prime Minister within a very short time. Though a busy season, the farmers had turned out to the Clinton Community Centre to hear Mr. Delmer Bennett, 2nd Vice-President of Ontario Farmers' Union and member of the former 16 Man Special Committee on One Farm Organization, speak at a recent meeting of the Huron-Perth District Farmers' Union on the possibilities of one general farm organization. Mr. Bennett said the need for a strong farm voice was emphasized by the fact that industry profits have steadily increased during the past 20 years while the farmer has not taken in more money even though he has enlarged his operation, in many cases he has taken less for his profit. "Farmers are like Alice in Wonderland, running as hard as they can to stay where they are. In the past year 23,000 dairy farmers were unable to stay where they were and were forced out of business. "Statistics show that farm production costs have increased by 80% in the past 10 years, but (continued on page 10.) Mr. Britnell said the increase In the number ' of municipal drains crossing Huron county roads is causing some pro. blems. He stated he had an. ticipated this increase in the number of drains affecting county roads a year or so ago and has been working con- stantly with the municipal drain- age engineers and municipal drainage contractors to secure their co-operation in giving ad- vance notice to the county when the county road must be crossed so that an inspector might be present to protect the county's interests. (continued on page 10) emphasized .